Normal Boar Behavior?

[KatieM]

Video below!

In December my boy Spence’s (the one acting less dominant in the videos) brother died. I bonded him and Spot (the boy mounting in the video) on the first of the year. Spot is extremely timid and hand shy towards humans but over the last few days he is absolutely relentless on showing dominance to Spence…all day long I hear them squabbling. Before this they would rumble strut…occasionally run around like they are doing and then let it go. But Spot is bound and determined and gives Spence very little space.

I am worried because Spence is recovering from Hay Poke…naturally this means he has been to the vet alone. He is also being removed from the cage twice a day for eye drops and oral meds. I am worried this has gotten Spot (who only likes me if I have food in my hands and even then sometimes not) up in arms about his territory.

They were doing so well I do not want to separate them but I also want Spence to heal his eye. He is going on two weeks of very slowly healing his ulcer.

Thank you!
https://youtube.com/shorts/TkCgAzxFOlM?si=wGIk_rI2f1iTmeDa

 

[Piggies&buns]

How old is spot? Could it be a hormone spike? Adults do still get them.

Mounting in itself is not an issue but if it gets so relentless every day for days and weeks on end that it has tipped over into dysfunction/bullying then that is different.
Is spence’s weight stable at each check?

Mounting is not likely to cause his eye not to heal. You wouldn’t want to separate them just for his eye permanently - we never recommend medical separations as they have the ability to cause the two piggies to refuse to ever go back together.
You should only separate if the bond is actually over.

I have added a guide below which can help you determine if things are going too far.

Bonds In Trouble

On a side note, we always recommend bonded pairs are taken to the vet together even if only one of them is seeing the vet.